Text/Levine - The film review was published in Beijing Youth Daily
After watching the film, two conclusions can be drawn quickly: one is Joseph Kosin This director is simply "Hollywood Zhang Yimou"! Judging from the two films he directed, "The Age of War" and "Abandoned War Realm", the pictures are beautiful and cool, the atmosphere is spectacular, and the actors are also very glorious! However, the skill of the plot is not directly proportional to the seriousness of the picture. In addition to the suspense and emotional drama, the sci-fi world constructed by the film is full of loopholes, and the ending is even more bluffing. The second is that Tom Cruise is worthy of being the only superstar in Hollywood at present. Only he can support the whole film with his personal charm, especially the recent two films "Jack Reacher" and "Lost in the Battle" are basically him. A man's one-man show, as long as he can keep shining as a superstar from start to finish, the film has enough to watch, and some of the shortcomings of the film make people feel less unbearable.
Although Hollywood can use its powerful computer special effects to create all kinds of beautiful spectacles and shocking battles in the film, but the audience is naturally prone to aesthetic fatigue after watching too much, and the aesthetic taste is getting higher and higher. There are relatively few such films that really impress the audience visually. Last year's "Prometheus" and this "Forgotten War" can be regarded as members of the "rare species". The similarities in the beauty of the two films are the uninhabited and magnificent beauty. "Prometheus" is a prehistoric style of mountains and rivers, and "Abandoned War" is apocalyptic style of the stadium, Large-scale human relics such as giant ships, bridges, and the Empire State Building, as well as the valley-like wooden house like a paradise. But these sights in "Lost War" are emotionally charged, as Tom Cruise puts on his baseball cap and looks back at the great games that have been played on the field, as he plays the melodious melody of vinyl records. Lying leisurely on the grass outside the wooden house, when he recalled the romantic moments with his girlfriend in the Empire State Building, a feeling of nostalgia emerged spontaneously. The combination makes the visual spectacle created by the film exceptionally unforgettable. In addition, the minimalist style of the film's future high-tech is also in place, bringing the audience excellent visual pleasure. Whether it is the space tower in the sea of clouds, the "bubble boat" of Tomoe's posture, the spherical unmanned patrol aircraft, or the layout and furniture in the observatory, as well as Tomoe's clothing, they are all presented in white or transparent overall tones. A simple, smooth and delicate high-tech aesthetic, and the originality of the art style makes people feel unique. The mystery and spectacle of the Alien Space Headquarters at the end of the film shows the majestic and magnificent sci-fi beauty rarely seen in recent years.
It seems to correspond to the simplicity of the art style, and the cast of the film is also quite "simple" - Tom Cruise as Jack, Andrea Riseborough as Vicca, Julia as Julia Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, who plays the leader of the rebellion - these four people are basically the cast of the film. Moreover, there are not many scenes in the last three leading roles. The role that runs through from beginning to end is only Tom, and the other three don't have as many scenes as Tom. Tomoe pilots a plane to perform a mission, Tomoe goes deep into the cave to take risks, Tomoe fights with a gun against an unmanned patrol aircraft, Tomoe and the aliens perish together, it is an exaggeration to say that this film is Tomoe's one-man show, and everyone else It's soy sauce! And Tom, with his unparalleled superstar brilliance and precise and skilled acting skills, completed this "one-man show" very wonderfully. Whether it is showing the elite professionalism as an "unmanned patrol aircraft maintainer", or the gleam of death in the eyes of a hero who saves the world, or the tension and bravery shown in various adventures, and in the The nostalgia and romantic love shown in the emotional scenes all make people feel that Tom is mobilizing every cell of the body to shape the character, always wrapping the character in a powerful performance aura full of charm, even small expressions. And the actions are all accurately interpreting the character's mentality and emotion. Each film can be dedicated to the performance, no slack, which is one of the reasons Tom Cruise can become a superstar!
I saw some comments that the first half an hour of the film's plot progressed slowly, and the later plot became more and more exciting. Personally, I don’t agree with this point of view. Instead, I think the first half hour is the most charming part of the film. The beauty of the earth after the apocalypse, the various dangers Tom encountered during his mission, the suspense about aliens and dreams, and Tom's nostalgic lines full of emotion have created rich highlights for the film, making people full of expectations for the development of the subsequent plot. But when the two characters, Julia and the leader of the resistance army, appeared and revealed the "truth" behind the fog, it felt like the film instantly fell into a cliché, with no sense of surprise and full of logical loopholes. It's another story about the earth's defeat of the weak to reverse the aliens, and this kind of "defeating the weak by the weak", like last year's "Super Battleship", mainly relies on the stupidity and brain damage of the aliens. Since aliens have grabbed the resources of the entire earth, why not build more drones to completely wipe out human beings? At least it should be as overwhelming as the robotic octopus in "The Matrix", how can it make people feel that there are not many unmanned patrol aircraft in total. Since drones have been sent to hunt down "traitor" Jack and the human resistance, why is Tom allowed to go deep into the alien's headquarters? Isn't this a chance to give Tom a desperate chance to die? And the high-tech equipment of the aliens can't detect that the people brought by Tom have actually been stolen? In addition, this film is a story related to clones. The concept of "clones" has been abused by Hollywood in recent years. "Resident Evil", "Cloud Atlas", "Moon" and other films are telling the story of clones Or take clones as the suspense of the film, so when there is a "Clone Tomoe" in this film, the audience may not have the emotion of "it's the way it is". It is estimated that many people will think of me. Secretly complained: "I'm going! Here's another set?" And the film did not show the aliens who had been hiding behind the scenes until the end. It was purely an opportunistic bluffing trick like the American drama "Lost"-since it was hard to imagine Come up with a brilliant idea to clarify the suspense, then don't be timid just to make it clear, simply continue the cloud and fog, and only give an ending without explaining the ultimate suspense. Maybe the audience will find it extremely mysterious!
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